Charlie Hebdo & Reflecting of the Assassination of Cartoonist Naji Al-Ali (Handala)

Rev Nadim Nassar of the Awareness Foundation writes for Faith Matters on the Charlie Hebdo massacre. God created everything, and the Torah says that after this magnificent act, God found that everything was good; the first ever art critique. Creativity belongs to divinity. God has given humanity one of the best gifts that could be […]

Faiths Come Together To Remember Those Killed in Peshawar

Muslim and Christian, young and old, men and women came together last week at St John’s the Evangelist Church in the Diocese of Southwark in order to remember those young children so viciously cut down in their youth by the Taliban in Peshawar. Some of the speakers could not hold back their emotions as they […]

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ISIL Sympathisers and the Narratives of their Tweets

A quick observation of Twitter accounts of ISIL sympathisers shows a set of narratives that have been circulating for over more than a decade. These are the types of narratives that draw in and lead young men to destructive paths that ultimately lead to their deaths. Worryingly, the sheer willingness to destroy lives and historical […]

THE BRUTAL CYCLE OF VIOLENCE IN THE HOLY LAND IS AGAINST ALL THAT IS HOLY AND JUST

THE BRUTAL CYCLE OF VIOLENCE IN THE HOLY LAND IS AGAINST ALL THAT IS HOLY AND JUST The murder of Israelis and Palestinians in the Holy Land bodes ill for the future of both people in a land that has seen enough blood spilt for the sake of God’s glory. The murder of 4 Israelis […]

Faith Matters Highlighted in Turkish News Agency About its Work on ‘Women Friendly Mosques’

Mosque building has been a part of Turkish tradition for centuries; now cultural changes are sweeping across this art, as two female architects pave the way for more ‘female-friendly’ places of worship. Istanbul’s planned Camlica mosque, which will be the biggest in the history of Turkish Republic, has been designed by two female architects, Bahar […]

War and Humanity, the work of Asim Hafiz

War is a word that often evokes anxious feelings of terror, weapons, violence, hatred, and death. The word soldier often evokes the image of a person who is given the task of protecting their country from the conflict of the war; they become the powerful face of war. It is not common for the average […]

Is religion a Force for Good or Harm in Society?

Is religion a force for good or harm in society? A recent poll for the Huffington Post UK found a slim majority (51.6 per cent) of people in Britain agree with the latter. The most obvious flaw in a poll about religion is the lack of religious respondents – 60.5 per cent of the sample […]

Halal and Shechita Food, by Steve Rose

Meat that is religiously slaughtered and sold in British shops should be labelled to say if the animal was pre-stunned, according to one MP. Neil Parish, Conservative MP, who chairs the All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Beef and Lamb, argued in parliament for better research into shechita and halal slaughter. Mr Parish will ask the […]

The Murder of a Christian Couple in Pakistan is an Abomination

The murder of a Christian couple yesterday in Pakistan due to the perception that they had desecrated a Quran, shines another light on the treatment of minorities in Pakistan. What is even more shocking is the level of anger that is targeted at minorities and which has led to many deaths in Pakistan. There is […]